''Niviventer'' is a genus of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...
in the family
Muridae endemic to
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainlan ...
. It contains the following species:
*
Anderson's white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer andersoni''
*
Brahma white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer brahma''
* ''
Niviventer bukit''
*
Cameron Highlands white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer cameroni''
*
Chinese white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer confucianus''
*
Coxing's white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer coninga''
*
Dark-tailed tree rat, ''Niviventer cremoriventer''
*
Oldfield white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer culturatus''
*
Smoke-bellied rat, ''Niviventer eha''
*
Large white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer excelsior''
*
Tibetan white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer fengi''
*
Montane Sumatran white-bellied rat
The montane Sumatran white-bellied rat (''Niviventer fraternus''), also known as the Montane Sumatran niviventer, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in the montane forests along the mountains of western Sumatra, Indonesia
...
, ''Niviventer fraternus''
*
Chestnut white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer fulvescens''
*
Limestone rat, ''Niviventer hinpoon''
* ''
Niviventer huang''
*
Lang Bian white-bellied rat
The Lang Bian white-bellied rat (''Niviventer langbianis'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found in India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Repu ...
, ''Niviventer langbianis''
*
Mekong white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer mekongis''
*
Narrow-tailed white-bellied rat
The narrow-tailed white-bellied rat (''Niviventer lepturus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found only in Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between ...
, ''Niviventer lepturus''
*
Hainan white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer lotipes''
(Allen, 1926) (formerly in ''N. tenaster'')
*
White-bellied rat, ''Niviventer niviventer''
*
Long-tailed mountain rat
The long-tailed mountain rat (''Niviventer rapit'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to Borneo and found in Indonesia and Malaysia. Recorded at elevations of above sea level, it is a poorly known species but presumably ...
, ''Niviventer rapit''
*
Tenasserim white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer tenaster''
References
Rodent genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
{{murinae-stub